Monday – January 16, 2017

The Whisnants claim yet another #1 hit this week with the fan favorite tune “I Love You This Much.” The chart also sees debuts this week from Allison Speer, Blackwood Brothers,and Karen Peck & New River. Fan favorite this week belonged to the Jordan Family Band‘s “The Day.” Other favorite among the fans included the latest singles from Debra Perry & Jaidyn’s Call, The Wisecarvers, Jim Brady Trio, and Jason Crabb!

Formed over 19 years ago by Deon & Susan Unthank originally as SoGospelNews.com, the site was birthed from an email discussion group by the same name. The SoGospelNews email discussion list was created by the Unthanks after the Singing News shut down its extremely popular discussion list. SoGospelNews started as a simple webpage listing artists, fans, individuals, etc. that were avid supporters of the newly formed SoGospelNews talk list. The site eventually took on printing news for Southern Gospel artists, and eventually took on reviewing the latest recordings from both signed and independent artists within the small genre. SoGospelNews became the most viewed Southern Gospel website on the Internet with over 4,000,000 hits per month.

The Unthank family are now involved in the site, as well as the addition of over two dozen staff writers. The website is based out of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In April 2010, SoGospelNews changed its name to AbsolutelyGospel.com. The name change allows them to cover news items of not only Southern Gospel, but also Country Gospel, Inspirational, and Black Gospel.

On January 5, 2011, Susan Unthank passed away, leaving the website in control of Deon, their son, Chris, and their daughter Amy.